Immunosurveillance and molecular detection of hepatitis B virus infection amongst vaccinated children in the West Gonja District in Savanna Region of Ghana

• Theophilus Quaye ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Theophilus Quaye, Patrick Williams Narkwa, Mohamed Mutocheluh

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Resources, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Microbiology, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

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• Patrick Williams Narkwa ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Theophilus Quaye, Patrick Williams Narkwa, Mohamed Mutocheluh

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: pnarkwa.chs@knust.edu.gh, patricknarkwa1@gmail.com

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Microbiology, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2490-7902

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• Seth A. Domfeh ,

  Roles Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work

  Affiliations Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology, School of Biological Sciences University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana, West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1689-7663

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• Gloria Kattah ,

  Roles Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work

  Affiliations Department of Clinical Microbiology, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana, Department of Medical Laboratory Technology, Radford University College, Accra, Ghana

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1982-7246

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• Mohamed Mutocheluh

  Contributed equally to this work with: Theophilus Quaye, Patrick Williams Narkwa, Mohamed Mutocheluh

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Microbiology, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

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